Reason Magazine has this essay on the failure of the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the Georgia ballot access case, Cowen v Raffensperger, 22-101.
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All states hold legislative elections on November 8, 2022, except for Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia.
Among the 46 states with legislative elections, the only three with no independent or minor party candidates on the ballot are Georgia, Illinois, and Kentucky.
This story about the Georgia Libertarian Party statewide nominees says the Libertarian candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Ryan Graham, is polling 7.6% in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution Poll. Both major parties have nominees in all the Georgia statewide office elections.
On October 3, a Connecticut state court will hear a case challenging the Independent Party’s nominations, on the grounds that the party hasn’t re-filed its bylaws with the Secretary of State for several years. See this story.
On October 3, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Cowen v Raffensperger, 22-101, the case that challenged the Georgia ballot access law for minor party and independent candidates for U.S. House.
The case now returns to the U.S. District Court, over the issue of whether the law was enacted with a discriminatory purpose back in 1943, when it was passed. That part of the case didn’t get adjudicated. The evidence in the case, so far, shows that the legislature added the petition requirement in order to make sure the Communist Party did not get back on the ballot.